The founder of Judaism was Abraham and began about 4,000 years ago and is still to this day worshiped in many countries all over the world today. Abraham is the founder of this religion because one day he was out for a walk and God revealed himself to Abraham and made a covenant with him to lead the way for his people and show that God is good.
Leaders of Judaism
Judaism has many leaders such as Moses who received the Ten Commandments or rules for Gods people to follow or the Rabbi which are the religous teachers and the cantors which lead the songs or chants.
Places Of Worship
Jews worship God at a variety of places like synagouges, temples, or shrines.
Origin and beginning
Judaism began in the Bronze Age and started in Israel .Today it is mostly practiced in Iraq, but is still practied in other places like North America and Africa.
Main Beleifs
The Ten Commandments
Do not profane God's name
Honor your father and mother
Honor the old and wise
Circumsize male offspring
Do not wrong anyone in speech
Do not cherish the hatred in your heart
Do not take revenge
Do not bare a grudge
Do not stand idle by when a human's life could be in danger
Do not wrong a stranger in buying and selling
Gods Or God?
Jews believe in one God this is called monotheism. They believe in God because it is said that God revealed himself to them and made a covenant with them for them to lead the way and because God gave them the 10 commandments for them to follow.
Sacred Writings
Jews believe in the Tora. The Tora is written on sheepskin and has two parts the Oral Tora and the Written Tora. In the tora contains the story of the Jews journey and is about all the miracles God has made and the story of how the religon began and how they made a covenant with God.
Religious Practices
Jews fast for some of their holidays and also pray in the temples or synagouges close to where they live. Jews fast for passover and on some of thier other big holidays. Jews also wear special clothes that have meaning about their religon like tallit with 63 beads representing all 63 of the rules their religon has for them to follow.
Reliigous Festivals
the religon Judaism has many holidays and festivals like
Yom Kippur : The day of atonment
Passover : The day when they were freed from slavery
Judaism
The founder of Judaism was Abraham and began about 4,000 years ago and is still to this day worshiped in many countries all over the world today. Abraham is the founder of this religion because one day he was out for a walk and God revealed himself to Abraham and made a covenant with him to lead the way for his people and show that God is good.
Leaders of Judaism
Judaism has many leaders such as Moses who received the Ten Commandments or rules for Gods people to follow or the Rabbi which are the religous teachers and the cantors which lead the songs or chants.
Places Of Worship
Jews worship God at a variety of places like synagouges, temples, or shrines.
Origin and beginning
Judaism began in the Bronze Age and started in Israel .Today it is mostly practiced in Iraq, but is still practied in other places like North America and Africa.
Main Beleifs
The Ten Commandments
Gods Or God?
Jews believe in one God this is called monotheism. They believe in God because it is said that God revealed himself to them and made a covenant with them for them to lead the way and because God gave them the 10 commandments for them to follow.
Sacred Writings
Religious Practices
Jews fast for some of their holidays and also pray in the temples or synagouges close to where they live. Jews fast for passover and on some of thier other big holidays. Jews also wear special clothes that have meaning about their religon like tallit with 63 beads representing all 63 of the rules their religon has for them to follow.
Reliigous Festivals
the religon Judaism has many holidays and festivals like
Religious Symbols